Silent Serial Sensations : : The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema / / Barbara Tepa Lupack.
The first book-length study of pioneering and prolific filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, Silent Serial Sensations offers a fascinating account of the dynamic early film industry. As Barbara Tepa Lupack demonstrates, the Wharton brothers were behind some of the most profitable and influential productio...
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Lupack, Barbara Tepa, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Silent Serial Sensations : The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema / Barbara Tepa Lupack. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020] ©2021 1 online resource (408 p.) : 59 b&w halftones, 1 map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling -- Introduction: The Sensation of the Serial -- 1. Seeking “Old Opportunity” -- 2. Taking a Parallel Path -- 3. Bringing Essanay’s “Special Eastern” to Ithaca -- 4. Taming and Reframing Buffalo Bill -- 5. Going Independent -- 6. Exploiting Elaine -- 7. Extending Elaine -- 8. Establishing Roots in Renwick Park -- 9. Unraveling Myra ’s Mysteries -- 10. Asking Beatrice -- 11. Preparing for War -- 12. Moving into Feature Filmmaking -- 13. Staring into The Eagle’s Eye -- 14. Leaving Ithaca -- 15. Heading West -- Appendix 1: Script, The Mysteries of Myra, “The Dagger of Dreams” (Episode One) -- Appendix 2: Script, Beatrice Fairfax, “The Opal Ring” (Suppressed Episode) -- Appendix 3: Script, The Eagle’s Eye, “The Hidden Death” (Episode One) -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The first book-length study of pioneering and prolific filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton, Silent Serial Sensations offers a fascinating account of the dynamic early film industry. As Barbara Tepa Lupack demonstrates, the Wharton brothers were behind some of the most profitable and influential productions of the era, including The Exploits of Elaine and The Mysteries of Myra, which starred such popular performers as Pearl White, Irene Castle, Francis X. Bushman, and Lionel Barrymore. Working from the independent film studio they established in Ithaca, New York, Ted and Leo turned their adopted town into "Hollywood on Cayuga." By interweaving contemporary events and incorporating technological and scientific innovations, the Whartons expanded the possibilities of the popular serial motion picture and defined many of its conventions. A number of the sensational techniques and character types they introduced are still being employed by directors and producers a century later. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Film serials New York (State) Ithaca History. Motion pictures New York (State) Ithaca History. Silent films New York (State) Ithaca History. Art History. Film. New York History. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism. bisacsh Whartons, Serials, Silents, Ithaca, Buffalo Bills, Eugenics, Wallingford, Myra. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Art and Architecture eBook-Package 2020 9783110738230 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110690460 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2020 9783110704655 ZDB-23-DPK Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts, Architecture and Design 2020 English 9783110704785 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG print 9781501748196 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501748202?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501748202 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501748202/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling -- Introduction: The Sensation of the Serial -- 1. Seeking “Old Opportunity” -- 2. Taking a Parallel Path -- 3. Bringing Essanay’s “Special Eastern” to Ithaca -- 4. Taming and Reframing Buffalo Bill -- 5. Going Independent -- 6. Exploiting Elaine -- 7. Extending Elaine -- 8. Establishing Roots in Renwick Park -- 9. Unraveling Myra ’s Mysteries -- 10. Asking Beatrice -- 11. Preparing for War -- 12. Moving into Feature Filmmaking -- 13. Staring into The Eagle’s Eye -- 14. Leaving Ithaca -- 15. Heading West -- Appendix 1: Script, The Mysteries of Myra, “The Dagger of Dreams” (Episode One) -- Appendix 2: Script, Beatrice Fairfax, “The Opal Ring” (Suppressed Episode) -- Appendix 3: Script, The Eagle’s Eye, “The Hidden Death” (Episode One) -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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